Parliament of Australia · Senate · 11 August 2026
Motions: National Security
Voting yes supported closing debate on the National Security motion so the question could be put to a vote immediately.
Passed35 yes 24 no
The question put
That the question be now put.
How each party voted
- LaborAll yes25 yes · 0 no
25 members
- YesAnthony Chisholm
- YesCarol Brown
- YesCharlotte Walker
- YesDeborah O'Neill
- YesDon Farrell
- YesDorinda Cox
- YesEllie Whiteaker
- YesGlenn Sterle
- YesHelen Polley
- YesJana Stewart
- YesJenny McAllister
- YesJosh Dolega
- YesKaren Grogan
- YesKaty Gallagher
- YesLisa Darmanin
- YesMalarndirri McCarthy
- YesMichelle Ananda-Rajah
- YesMurray Watt
- YesNita Green
- YesRaff Ciccone
- YesRichard Dowling
- YesSue Lines
- YesTammy Tyrrell
- YesTony Sheldon
- YesVarun Ghosh
- LiberalAll no0 yes · 15 no
- GreensAll yes9 yes · 0 no
9 members
- One NationAll no0 yes · 4 no
4 members
Smaller parties and independents
- NoJames McGrathLNP
- NoSusan McDonaldLNP
- NoBridget McKenzieNationals
- NoRoss CadellNationals
- NoJacinta Nampijinpa PriceCLP
- YesPeter Stuart Whish-WilsonParty not recorded
Members who didn't vote (absent, paired or in the chair) aren't listed. A party votes as one when at least three quarters of its members vote together.
Source: Hansard, Parliament of Australia, read through the OpenAustralia Foundation's public Hansard data. The summary is AI-written from the question and the bill's official summary, then checked; the record above is the authority.